To learn more on how to do this type of chalkboard lettering, check out this post I wrote on hand lettering.
How to Make 3D Easter Chalkboard Art
If you are looking for Easter chalkboard ideas you may like how you can use a free bunny printable to make an Easter Bunny look 3-dimensional on a chalkboard for your Easter decor.
To decorate my dining room for the springtime holiday of Easter I created an Easter chalkboard in a non-traditional way. Instead of by creating the bunny popping out of a spring green wreath with a Happy Easter greeting written with white chalk.
My original plan for this spring chalkboard art was to draw a bunny rabbit face on the chalkboard in the center of the wreath. When I did so, it looked too small.
When I started thinking of a new plan for the festive chalkboard, a synapse fired and the idea of making a 3D rabbit came to me. A bunny rabbit drawn with chalk on black card stock so he would look like he was still part of the chalkboard, but also look like he is about to hop out of the wreath.
How to Make 3D Chalkboard Art Using an Easter Bunny Sketch
This DIY chalkboard tutorial covers both how to make the 3-dimensional aspect of the chalkboard along with how to write the words Happy Easter in a decorative font.
supplies needed:
- chalkboard and frame or create a chalkboard wall
- rabbit sketch or photo
- 8-1/2″ x 11 piece of black card stock – buy in the scrapbook aisle at a craft store or use black chalkboard paint on a piece of card stock.
- white chalk
- pencil
- scissors
- rag
- Q-tip
- Optional: ribbon for bow tie and a hot glue gun/glue stick
- I used my tablet to find an image of a rabbit to use on my chalkboard. Google and Pinterest have many free printable rabbit images for you to use. There are many to choose from.
Another good place to find rabbit or Easter bunny images to trace for chalkboard art are children’s books, especially coloring books. They have large simple black and white line drawings that are perfect for transferring to a chalkboard. The Dollar Store is a great resource for these coloring books.
The rabbit in this image had the perspective of a rabbit that I was looking for with his front paws out in front so he could sit inside the wreath. I liked it, but I was looking for a more sophisticated sketch of a rabbit.
I found this rabbit. Credit goes to the artist, Halpenske. That was all the info I could find about the artist and that they traced this image from a photograph. I enlarged the image and printed it using my computer printer.
I didn’t want to copy every part of the image, I only wanted to use it as a guide. I wanted less detail in the rabbit and drew over the printed image to simplify it a little. I darkened and added shading to the areas I wanted to use and made the two front legs longer so I would be able to sit the rabbit in the wreath.
How to Transfer the Bunny Drawing to a Chalkboard
- Season a piece of 8-1/2″ x 11″ black card stock with white chalk. This makes the paper look more like a real chalkboard. Simply rub the side of a piece of chalk over the entire piece of paper, then blur it by rubbing over with a soft dry cloth.
2. To transfer the image to the black card stock, turn the image face down and rub the back of the paper the image is on with chalk. Use the side of the chalk to make large broad strokes. Go over the paper a few times to make sure you get enough chalk on it.
3. Flip the drawing over and lay it on the black card stock. Draw over the image with a pencil. Press hard as you draw over the lines, but not too hard as you don’t want to make an impression in the paper.
4. Once you have drawn over all the lines, turn the paper over to reveal the transferred image.
5. Cut out with a pair of scissors. Cut along the inside line of each leg a few inches so that once the rabbit is in the wreath you can bring the legs out to the front.
6. Every bunny needs a little Easter finery on Easter. Tie an 8″ piece of ribbon into a bow and hot glued it under the bunny’s face.
7. Place the bunny into the wreath and pull his front legs out and over the front of the wreath so he looks like he is about to hop out.
6 Fun School Holiday Activities Using Chalk Paint Pens
Paint pens probably weren’t the first thing that came to mind when you started wondering what you were going to do with the children in the school break.
There are so many options too, and unfortunately a lot of them cost a lot of money. Here’s how we can help. We’ve collated some fun and inexpensive activities you can do with your children over the holidays using just some chalk marker paint pens.
Don’t worry, they’re non-toxic, chalk based markers that can be washed away with a little hot water and a cloth!
Chalk Marker Paint Pens – 6 Activities
1) Create cute Easter eggs
Chalk markers can be used on any non-porous surface so why not try them on an egg? You can create wonderful little eggs by drawing faces, hair styles, colourful patterns, bunny rabbits and anything else you can think of!
Just remember to hard boil the eggs before hand so they don’t break and give them time to cool.
2) Design floor fun
The markers work on hard floor surfaces, so why limit yourself to chalkboards? Drawing on the floor with a chalk marker is a great way to get your children engaged in an unusual way of making art.
Why not play hopscotch? It’s a classic children’s game that can keep them entertained for hours.
Just remember to do it outside so you can wash your designs away when you’re done!
3) Window Art
Drawing on the windows is probably something your children have never done before and is likely to be an unusual experience for you too!
Create wonderful Easter messages on the front windows of your home, though you might want to practise on the back windows first! A ‘Happy Easter’ message surrounded with eggs and religious symbols might be a great way to teach your children the origins of this religious holiday or just to have a great time being creative.
4) Bunny Selfie Mirror
This is a great one for your Facebook page. Draw the outline of a bunny rabbit face on a mirror and then position yourself in front of it, transforming you and your children into Easter bunnies!
It’s not limited to just a bunny either, you can draw silly glasses and egg shaped earrings to get even more out of your mirror.
5) Chalkboard Games
If you have a chalkboard or two then playing simple games is a must. Noughts and crosses, for example, is an easy five minute game to keep the children entertained.
You can create your own snakes and ladders board or battleships, the possibilities are almost endless.
6) Learning Made Fun
Spelling and mathematics can be done using chalk paint markers. Windows, floors and chalkboards make the ideal surface to solve simple maths puzzles and play the popular word game hangman.
You’d be surprised at just how fun a change of surface to write on makes these games.
